April 22

After the rain of yesterday, we weren’t sure what to expect today, but the sun was shining and it looked like a great day to check out the area some more. Last night we realized that we needed to go to another train station in Osaka to get the bullet train. It means that we will need to get a taxi to take us there. We also found out that the train station we arrived to yesterday is the station known for shopping so it all worked out. We wanted to buy some chopstick holders for our chopsticks so hopefully we won’t get too overwhelmed by that task. We also wanted to see about eating pancakes at a restaurant we went by several times yesterday. There was always a long line which we figured meant good food. We were in luck when we approached it this morning and we were able to walk right in. Their speciality is the Sacura Pancake.

We watched in anticipation as the chef whipped up the batter and put it on the grill. We were amazed at how much the pancake rose. Our mouths began to water when the strawberry cream was spread between the layers. The server brought it to our table and at first it was like no way could we finish the stack.

In reality it wasn't that hard as the pancake melted in our mouth.

With full stomachs we headed to the next task at hand, finding chopstick holders. We figured how hard could that be…well….the selections weren’t as big as finding chopsticks but it wasn’t small either. Neither Don nor I are shopping specialists so by the time that task was done we were ready to head back to the quiet of our hotel room and take a nap.

On the way to our hotel we did see this sign that made us smile.

After a nap, we were ready to head out again and find some choices for dinner. As usual that was not an easy task either as the choices grew everytime we turned down a street.

We finally chose steak and pizza. Tomorrow we are checking out the Osaka Castle for our last day in Osaka.

Accommodation REI Hotel

Walking around town